Posted Jul 7, 2017, 1:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: The Zoo, Michigan
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Great news for Grand Rapids. I knew it was doing well; but I wouldn't have guessed it would rank first in the country for job growth when compared with the nation's 53 largest metro areas (w/ 1 million-plus residents):
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Grand Rapids ranked No. 1 in U.S. for job growth
By Jim Harger | MLive
July 05, 2017
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Grand Rapids metropolitan area was the fastest growing economy in the U.S. last year, according to Headlight Data, a company that tracks economic and workforce development. Grand Rapids' workforce grew 4.4 percent last year...[and]...Total employment in the four-county region grew from 516,394 in 2015 to 539,152 in 2016, Headlight said. More recently, the workforce for the region stood at 575,600, according to state figures released on June 22. Unemployment stood in West Michigan stood at 2.8 percent in May, slightly up from April, went the jobless rate stood at 2.4 percent...Nashville was the second fastest growing economy at 4 percent followed by Charlotte, N.C. and Salt Lake City at 3.7 percent. Other large metros with rapidly growing economies are Riverside, Raleigh and Jacksonville...
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Last edited by deja vu; Dec 20, 2017 at 4:10 AM.
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